If you fish the Chesapeake Bay...

[wgmiller]

...there could be quite a bit less fish this coming year:

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/weathermatrix/story/44030/2-million-fish-killed-by-december-cold-in-chesapeake.asp?partner=facebook

 

[Fishidiot]

This fish die off is not involving species targeted by FFers. The fish in question are juvenile "spot." A large number (approx 2 mil) of these fish died recently due to a sudden extreme drop in water temps. These die offs are fairly common although I think this one may be larger than usual. Anyway, if you're unfamiliar with spot, they're a tasty small panfish often used for bait and similar to croakers (although smaller). An average angler caught spot is about 6" in length. They have a lot of fans in the angling community and this die off may effect the fishing for a season or two. It's too bad this happened but had the die off been of striped bass it would have been a much bigger loss to the FFing and sportfishing community.

 

[sandfly]

spot make good striper bass down there. as a kid growing up down there in the summers we used them for stripers. mostly small schoolies. caught a lot in the C & D canal.